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bret. bret: david lee miller live in boston. this weekend, fox news channel will have continuing coverage of senator ted kennedy's funeral, the funeral mass will be covered with shepard smith and then his burial at arlg arlington national cemetery anchored by chris wallace this saturday as the tributes continue to the late senator kennedy. the big question in massachusetts is who is going to replace the senator, and how will that person be chosen? chief political correspondent carl cameron tells us both answers are very much up in the air. >> when ted kennedy's he terminal brain cancer was first disclosed a year ago, the race for his seat quietly began. in boston, officials are already planning a statewide special election for december or january, are but before then, democrats on beacon hill man to quickly change state law so an interim senator can be appointed in the meantime. the odds-on favorite is paul kirk, a long-time kennedy aide. he was national democratic party chairman in the '80's and chairs the kennedy library found
bret. bret: david lee miller live in boston. this weekend, fox news channel will have continuing coverage of senator ted kennedy's funeral, the funeral mass will be covered with shepard smith and then his burial at arlg arlington national cemetery anchored by chris wallace this saturday as the tributes continue to the late senator kennedy. the big question in massachusetts is who is going to replace the senator, and how will that person be chosen? chief political correspondent carl cameron...
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i'm he bret baier. senator edward kennedy is being remembered are today as an iconic larger than life figure who was the anchor of america's first family of politics. kennedy died tuesday night at his cape cod home a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. it was the final chapter in a he very public and often troubled life. >> at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. >> not by his own choosing, edward kennedy became the surrogate patriarch of a political dynasty, his life a series of triumphs an losses, all positions prominently in the public eye. he was the youngest of nine children, and by the early 1960's, the kennedy family had become american royalty. john was president. bobby, attorney general, and teddy, as he was affectionately called, was elected to the u.s. senate. assassins' bullets stole john and bobby away, leaving him al hone to shoulder the burden of a grieving family. >> those of us who loved him and have t
i'm he bret baier. senator edward kennedy is being remembered are today as an iconic larger than life figure who was the anchor of america's first family of politics. kennedy died tuesday night at his cape cod home a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. it was the final chapter in a he very public and often troubled life. >> at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. >> not by his own choosing, edward...
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bret. bret: jennifer given live at the pentagon. thanks. if iran develops the bomb, it already has the means to deliver it to israel. correspondent mike tobin tells us what the israelis are doing about it. >> iran's nuclear program is coupled with aggressive development of ballistic missiles. having successfully tested solid fuel rockets, reaching tel aviv is now easy. iran can extend its threat to a significant portion of europe. >> look at the history. everybody wants a nuclear bomb and eventually have a bomb that goes at the top of a missile. >> israel has prioritized missile defense systems, moat notably the arrow and three months ago the arrow 2 was tested when an israeli fighter jet launched a blue sparrow missile at israel. the arrow knocked it out of the sky. >> it is harder to hit it in the missile. it is a slow target. >> other systems designed for short-range rockets serve as backup if the arrow does not intercept at a distance. >> we are increasing measurably the chances of killing missiles on the way in. awhile israel weighs ri
bret. bret: jennifer given live at the pentagon. thanks. if iran develops the bomb, it already has the means to deliver it to israel. correspondent mike tobin tells us what the israelis are doing about it. >> iran's nuclear program is coupled with aggressive development of ballistic missiles. having successfully tested solid fuel rockets, reaching tel aviv is now easy. iran can extend its threat to a significant portion of europe. >> look at the history. everybody wants a nuclear...
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i'm bret baier. even though they are the minority party, republicans figure prominently in president obama's healthcare reform message today. the president signaled a growing impatience with the g.o.p. amid continued talk that frustrated democrats may try to ram through legislation however they can. here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> in his first appearance on a radio talk show broadcast from the white house and in a town hall later with grassroots supporters, president obama accused republicans of plotting their return to power through the graveyard of healthcare reform. >> early on, a decision was made by the republican leadership that said, look, let's not give them a victory. maybe we can have a replay of 1993, '94 when clinton came in. he failed on healthcare and then we won in the midterm elections and got the majority. later when talking to organizing for america loyalists, mr. obama said three senate loyalists may help negotiate a healthcare deal but he won't wait much
i'm bret baier. even though they are the minority party, republicans figure prominently in president obama's healthcare reform message today. the president signaled a growing impatience with the g.o.p. amid continued talk that frustrated democrats may try to ram through legislation however they can. here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> in his first appearance on a radio talk show broadcast from the white house and in a town hall later with grassroots supporters,...
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now bret baier previews what is on "special report." new polls show democrats have an uphill battle to pass healthcare reform legislation, and sarah palin responds directly to president obama. join me at the top of the hour. now back to glenn. glenn: hello, america. time for bringing you the stories where americans, and the media and government are not using their heads. have you noticed how the media and the d.n.c. are describing those hate mongers that are attending healthcare town halls? i have seen the d.n.c. ad. have you? >> now desperate republicans and their well-funded allies are organizing angry mobs, just like they did during the election. their goal is to destroy president obama. glenn: that's the goal. they are right. as the philadelphia enquirer wrote about senator arlen specter's town hall this week, quote, anger on healthcare boils over at specter events. they booed and taunted senator arlen specter calling him a tyrant as anger at the democratics' proposed overhaul of healthcare system boiled over in a pair of town hall
now bret baier previews what is on "special report." new polls show democrats have an uphill battle to pass healthcare reform legislation, and sarah palin responds directly to president obama. join me at the top of the hour. now back to glenn. glenn: hello, america. time for bringing you the stories where americans, and the media and government are not using their heads. have you noticed how the media and the d.n.c. are describing those hate mongers that are attending healthcare town...
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bret baier is in jerusalem. tell us what the president is saying about a possible settlement negotiation? -- negotiation. >> i asked him about the pole and he said that he never really respected them. there are like perfume, they are nice to small but dangerous to swallow. ask for a possible breakthrough, i got the sense that israelis are possibly preparing to make some agreement on the settlement issue. president peres told us about the meeting that could happen this fall. >> perhaps by september. president obama could chair it. there is a chance that we could be open to negotiations. frankly, i think it is the best choice. there is no escape. >> as we walked through the presidential guard and, he talked about iran, the threat from iran. he said he believes iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon. he said it should be the world's problem but israel is preparing -- and we have confirmed that israel is doing war games. they have also been testing their anti ballistic missiles. he says that he believes iran could
bret baier is in jerusalem. tell us what the president is saying about a possible settlement negotiation? -- negotiation. >> i asked him about the pole and he said that he never really respected them. there are like perfume, they are nice to small but dangerous to swallow. ask for a possible breakthrough, i got the sense that israelis are possibly preparing to make some agreement on the settlement issue. president peres told us about the meeting that could happen this fall. >>...
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bret, carl cameron was covering it a little bit earlier. what is latest on massachusetts politics? >> carl listed a number of people who could fill that seat, and one of them is vicki kennedy, and said to friends and family that she is not interested. but you do not know after this is over whether stepping into that role is a possibility. others -- the list is fairly long of possibilities there but the big question for massachusetts is rather whether they will change along. it was originally at the request of senator kennedy that the governor not a point in replacement and that the election happened within 145 at 160 days. that was meant to prevent mitt romney from 20 republican -- appointing a republican. weeks ago, senator kennedy's family sent a letter to the legislature there to see if they could change it back for this appointment. we will see what happens. my guess is that they make a change and have the governor appoint a replacement, and there are lots of possibilities, a long list. i do want to mention about the funeral mass, we have confirmation now from church officials
bret, carl cameron was covering it a little bit earlier. what is latest on massachusetts politics? >> carl listed a number of people who could fill that seat, and one of them is vicki kennedy, and said to friends and family that she is not interested. but you do not know after this is over whether stepping into that role is a possibility. others -- the list is fairly long of possibilities there but the big question for massachusetts is rather whether they will change along. it was...
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bret: çi thought you would like that one. that is it for "special report." we will see you back here tomorrow. >> charges in the case of the murdered model. plus, the man who bombed flight 1 03 goes home. i am jon scott. the news starts now. >> the man killed 270 people. jon: a man is released on compassionate grounds in scotland, but little for those whose lives he ripped apart. >> where is our compass? where is our spine? i am sick over this. jon: the lockerbie bombing goes home to libya. and -- >> i am live at the white house, and i am joined by the president of the united states. jon: and senator john kennedy -- ted kennedy. the lion of the senate makes a request. but first, the man convicted in one of the most notorious terrorist attacks in our history, walks out of prison. abdelbaset ali mohmet al- megrahi covered his face as he flew from scotland to his home of libya. he was found guilty in 2001 of the bombing that killed all of the people on board the airplane, including many american college students and 11 people on the ground. the pan am flight wa
bret: çi thought you would like that one. that is it for "special report." we will see you back here tomorrow. >> charges in the case of the murdered model. plus, the man who bombed flight 1 03 goes home. i am jon scott. the news starts now. >> the man killed 270 people. jon: a man is released on compassionate grounds in scotland, but little for those whose lives he ripped apart. >> where is our compass? where is our spine? i am sick over this. jon: the lockerbie...
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shep smith, bret baier, myself, and many others have nothing to do with it. come on. bill: you know, hang in there. if it is right, you will get the proposal. how about our website? most importantly, that is the talking. memo on it. it is a good one tonight about how nbc news is in league with the president. oreilly@foxnews.com, oreilly@foxnews.com. name and town if you wish to go on. when writing to us, do not be a nebbish. that is it for us today. i am bill o'reilly. we hope you check it out. right a little comment to ge. keep at polite, you know? we will see you billoreilly.com premium members on the post-game show. we hope to see you next time. remember, the spin stops right here because we are definitely looking out for you. looking out for you.
shep smith, bret baier, myself, and many others have nothing to do with it. come on. bill: you know, hang in there. if it is right, you will get the proposal. how about our website? most importantly, that is the talking. memo on it. it is a good one tonight about how nbc news is in league with the president. oreilly@foxnews.com, oreilly@foxnews.com. name and town if you wish to go on. when writing to us, do not be a nebbish. that is it for us today. i am bill o'reilly. we hope you check it out....
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bret: that's all she said. we didn't edit it. that's it for "special report" this time. the only place you get the whole story. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. we will see you back here tomorrow. good night bahamas. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- shepard: tonight, the stunning story of a woman kidnapped two decades ago. today, she is found. now the horrors of the time between then and now and what happens to the kidnappers. but, first, remembering senator kennedy. [. [ applause ] shepard: tributes. >> he did so much work for the entire country. shepard: remembrances. >> he loved people. he loved the give and take of politics. shepard: and words of affection. >> people around here revered him. shepard: know mourners give senator ted kennedy a last trip through the city he loved. >> this is his home. this is where he is supposed to be. shepard: private family service to a very public memorial. final goodbyes for a senator who did so much for so many. shepard: the body of senato
bret: that's all she said. we didn't edit it. that's it for "special report" this time. the only place you get the whole story. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. we will see you back here tomorrow. good night bahamas. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- shepard: tonight, the stunning story of a woman kidnapped two decades ago. today, she is found. now the horrors of the time between then and now...
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good morning, bret. , good morning. >> bret, what had you so fired up at that town hall meeting? >> what had myself and many others fired up is what's going on with this bill and why they are pushing this bill through without even reading this thing. i'm sitting at home on my couch and talking with my family for the last couple months about what can we do about this? what can we do? there is nothing we can do but email our senators and congressman or what have you. and we decided it's time to stand up and get out to these town hall meetings. it's the only weapons we have. brian: bret, were you upset that your senator was at the table with democrats like max bachus with the senate finance committee trying to be at the table during this process and didn't walk away like senator hatch? >> no. that's not the issue that i have. i understand that you have to be in the room to know what's going on. what my problem is is that he said he would not vote for a bill or sign a bill the way it is presented right now. buff is he working to polish a bill that can how far do i want to say, this t
good morning, bret. , good morning. >> bret, what had you so fired up at that town hall meeting? >> what had myself and many others fired up is what's going on with this bill and why they are pushing this bill through without even reading this thing. i'm sitting at home on my couch and talking with my family for the last couple months about what can we do about this? what can we do? there is nothing we can do but email our senators and congressman or what have you. and we decided...
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bret bair joins us now. we call it the nuclear option because, in essence, this is a civil war in the senate. clear battle lines have been drawn. the democrats on one side. the democrats on the other. that is the way it is. >> it is important to point out that republicans have used this numerous times before. for a massive package like health care reform that is more than 1/6 of the nation's economy, there are lots of people, both democrats and republicans who say they should not be used in this piece of legislation. we are still a number of steps away from that, if senate majority leader harry reid decides he wants to use reconciliation. you would have to get over a number of hurdles. it is not clear that the health- care bill can make it over those hurdles that have been set up in the legislative process. the top hurdle is the piece of legislation has to be paid for for five years and has to be a deficit neutral after that. as we have seen, that is not the case with what is on the table right now. trace: w
bret bair joins us now. we call it the nuclear option because, in essence, this is a civil war in the senate. clear battle lines have been drawn. the democrats on one side. the democrats on the other. that is the way it is. >> it is important to point out that republicans have used this numerous times before. for a massive package like health care reform that is more than 1/6 of the nation's economy, there are lots of people, both democrats and republicans who say they should not be used...
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martha: bret bair, this news, although everybody knew it was likely to be coming, it sinks in in many parts of the country, and is felt so strongly in washington. he and his family made civil rights the hallmarks of what he did. how is his loss felt where you are? >> there is outpouring of response from both sides of the ideal. when you look at his 36-year career, it's banned overtime presidencies. he authored or coauthored 2500 pieces of legislation. they were big pieces of legislation. as you mentioned, the civil rights legislation, title 9, cobra. some people say that you can measure a man by what his adversaries say about him. there are a lot of republicans who ideologically were diametrically opposed to senator ted kennedy who are coming out in droves today praising his career on the senate. we learned that former president george w. bush called mrs. vicky kennedy this morning and passed on their condolences. senator ted kennedy worked with president bush on a child left behind. most people you talk to in the senate said that despite being very liberal, very partisan, he was also
martha: bret bair, this news, although everybody knew it was likely to be coming, it sinks in in many parts of the country, and is felt so strongly in washington. he and his family made civil rights the hallmarks of what he did. how is his loss felt where you are? >> there is outpouring of response from both sides of the ideal. when you look at his 36-year career, it's banned overtime presidencies. he authored or coauthored 2500 pieces of legislation. they were big pieces of legislation....
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[applause] >> unfortunately there will not be a gambler bret -- government single payer. i would join it. apparently i was not clear when i said -- i am curious, do you really think that it be as is your argument? i thought your thoughtful people here to have a conversation. and disappointed at the level of response. -- i am disappointed at the level of response. i am trying to respond to your questions. as far as this is concerned, i do say this, i will be honest with you, -- sometimes you are not sure whether -- i feel very confident -- i am not on medicare -- i am on medicare. ii am not going to get in the lender. which one of you wants to yell first? i had the same as other federal employees. it is blue cross blue shield. i am going to vote for a bill that will have a public option as an option. people will have the option. no one will be forced into the plan. here is a great contradiction i get from people. one is, if you have this public plan is going to that because it will rationed and the government cannot run things. two, it will be so popular that everyone will
[applause] >> unfortunately there will not be a gambler bret -- government single payer. i would join it. apparently i was not clear when i said -- i am curious, do you really think that it be as is your argument? i thought your thoughtful people here to have a conversation. and disappointed at the level of response. -- i am disappointed at the level of response. i am trying to respond to your questions. as far as this is concerned, i do say this, i will be honest with you, -- sometimes...
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that's what happened to hundreds of veterans; including bret casey. he joins us now. set the scene for us here. how did this letter come to your attention? >> thanks, john. i got a phone call from my mother last wednesday afternoon. and she -- she said she needed to read a letter to me. and she and my father had already read the letter. she stated the letter is from the veterans affairs and states that you've been diagnosed with lou gehrig's disease. >> put up the text of that letter. quote, according to records of the department of veterans affairs, you have a diagnosis. it's a disease that ice invariably fatal. it robs you of your life. you become bound in a wheelchair, you can't swallow, you die a long and lingering death. what was your reaction when your parents read you that letter? >> i was horrified to say the least. i was actually driving when my mother read the letter to me. so i immediately pulled off the road and several minutes before i could pull myself back together. i asked her to read the letter to me a second time and a third. just horrified. >> did y
that's what happened to hundreds of veterans; including bret casey. he joins us now. set the scene for us here. how did this letter come to your attention? >> thanks, john. i got a phone call from my mother last wednesday afternoon. and she -- she said she needed to read a letter to me. and she and my father had already read the letter. she stated the letter is from the veterans affairs and states that you've been diagnosed with lou gehrig's disease. >> put up the text of that...
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you with brac hume -- [inaudible] very intelligent person but it appears to me sometimes you cater to bret him and they seem to be two of the most intolerant -- that comes on as new analysis. would you answer that question and then i have another. do you cater to those people? >> guest: i think they're smart people and they are my colleagues at fox news, so often at fox news which is more conservative that is the niche that fox news occupies i find myself having to react to them and engage and debate them so when they have a good point i acknowledge it but i think i am there to bring up different points of view and make sure that the discussion has variety and from my point of view reality because i think oftentimes they can go off to the right side of the political spectrum. >> caller: [inaudible] >> guest: i'm sorry? >> caller: you call them conservative by donner call them in tolerant. in reference to jerry thomas, the first president bush i don't think he intended to have another black man on the court. i think what he did, he gave, it wasn't -- clarence thomas at the time because he t
you with brac hume -- [inaudible] very intelligent person but it appears to me sometimes you cater to bret him and they seem to be two of the most intolerant -- that comes on as new analysis. would you answer that question and then i have another. do you cater to those people? >> guest: i think they're smart people and they are my colleagues at fox news, so often at fox news which is more conservative that is the niche that fox news occupies i find myself having to react to them and...